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When I was 9 years old, my family left Liberia to escape civil war. I returned nearly a decade ago to serve the people who are still there through a non-profit I co-founded, Last Mile Health. Today, I write to you from Liberia where the country has been devastated by the Ebola epidemic - an epidemic that touched Americans just weeks ago. We are working hard to build up the local health care workforce and infrastructure to meet the challenges, but we estimate that we need tens of thousands of medical volunteers from the developed world to curb the epidemic.

While Doctors for America's mission is to improve health care in the U.S., we have seen all too well in the past few weeks that Americans are connected to what is happening here in West Africa.

As a passionate community of doctors, medical students, and friends, I wanted to make you aware of some opportunities and roles to continue the fight against Ebola.

This is the worst Ebola epidemic in history, and it continues to plague West Africa. You can help bring the epidemic under control abroad and protect everyone in the U.S. by getting involved. USAID and the CDC are looking for volunteers, and have also opened platforms for healthcare workers to provide assistance with innovation and education.

Doctors for America is a national movement of physicians and medical students working together
to improve the health of the nation and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable,
high quality health care.